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Someone responded badly to my post elsewhere where I stated I am no longer going to be putting my money or attention to Erykah Badu due to her ecent performance art, due to the fact that she knowingly and intentionalyt traumatized children (and adults) who had no idea what was going on, less by her stripping but by her pretending to get shot. in this world sadly many people know someone who was murdered in a violent act and will now have those traumatic memories reawakened, she did not take this negative affect her art might have on people into consideration but decided to makle a statemnet without providing those she involved against their will or knowledge a means of responding. They told me their tired of people forming such strong knee jerk reactions without considering both sides. alright- where is Badu's consideration? is the profit she makes from this going to go to therapy for the children you can see in the video looking horrified by what is happening? My father was shot when I was little. I was sexually abused when I was younger as well. My reaction on watching it was nauseoa and horror. yes it was a kneejerk reaction. that is what was intended by the creatior, and that is why I no longer have any respect for her as an artist. She chose an easy brutal means of drawung forth emotion and now blames those she inflicted it on for not getting it. which I consider vile